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![[Verbandsgemeinde Winnweiler]](../images/d/de-do-06.gif)
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mage by Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2010
adopted: 27 Feb 1984
The flag is quartered of yellow and green with centred arms.
Source: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2010
![[VG Winnweiler banner]](../images/d/de-do-06_.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2010
The banner is off-centred quartered of yellow and green with arms shifted to top.
Source: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2010
Shield quartered of Vert-Or-Or-Azure, 1st and 2nd quarter an oak twig with three acorns and two leaves in counterchanged tinctures, 3rd and 4th quarter a facetted 6-point star in counterchanged tinctures, two torteaux, one on sinister chief point and one on dexter base point, orle of 16 pieces alternating of Vert and Or.
Meaning:
The upper half is basically the same as that one in the municipal arms of Falkenstein, the lower half basically that one of the municipal arms of Gonbach, the torteaux are taken from the municipal arms of Wartenberg-Rohrbach. The orle is stressing the status of an associated municipality.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 27 February 1984. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 13 Apr 2010
![[Börrstadt municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-06-br.gif)
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image by Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2010
The flag is quartered of red and yellow with centred arms.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2010
![[Börrstadt municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-06-br_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2010
The banner is off-centred quartered of red and yellow with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2010
Shield parted per fess; above Azure St. Mary issuant, dressed Or and nimbed Argent, on her arms Jesus nimbed Or holding a cherry branch proper by his hand; beneath parted per pale, at dexter Gules a cross moline Argent, at sinister Argent a cherry brnach proper.
Meaning:
Historically the village was divided in Ober- and Niederbörrstadt. Each belonged to different rulers and each had its own court and (probably) seals. The seal for Oberbörrstadt displayed on a shield semy of starlets St. Mary, on her arms Jesus nimbed Or holding an orb of the same by his hand. It is known from 1750 until 1818. In 1839 the now unified municipality used the image of the seal of Oberbörrstadt as its arms. The colours blue and gold were defined by Otto Hupp as the colours of Nassau , as Oberbörrstadt historically belonged to the Duchy of Nassau-Weilburg. Those arms were used until 1931, but were never approved officially. The 1931 arms combine elements of both former villages; the upper part is based on the previous arms and a silver cross in red was added for Noederbörrstadt. As cherry cultivation was of importance for both villages, cherries replaced the orb in the upper half and were added in the lower half. The cross for Niederbörrstadt is a differentiation of the family arms of the Barons of Dalberg, to which the village belonged in the 19th century.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 2 July 1976. The arms were approved on 23 March 1931.
Jörg Majewski, 14 Apr 2010
![[Breunigweiler municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-06-bw.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 15 Apr 2010
It is a yellow-blue horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 15 Apr 2010
![[Breunigweiler municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-06-bw_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 15 Apr 2010
It is a yellow-blue vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 15 Apr 2010
Shield abased parted per fess, above Azure semy of billets Or a crozier of the same in bend, beneath Or a 6.spokes wheel Gules.
Meaning:
The blue shield semy of billets is taken from the arms of the Duchy of Nassau-Weilburg. The Dukes ruled the village until the end of the 18th century. The red wheel is taken from the arms of the Lords of Bolanden and is also part of the county arms. The crozier is alluding to Archbishop Adalbert I of Mainz, who donated estates in the village to the Chapter of Mainz in 1113.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 23 April 1996. The arms were approved on .
Jörg Majewski, 15 Apr 2010
![[Falkenstein (Pfalz) municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-06-fa.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2010
The flag is quartered of yellow and green with centred arms.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2010
![[Falkenstein (Pfalz) municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-06-fa_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2010
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,
The banner is off-centred quartered of yellow and green with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2010
Shield quartered of Vert and Or, 1st and 2nd quarter an oak twig with three acorns and two leaves in counterchanged tinctures, 3rd quarter an impending embattled castle Vert, 4th quarter a falcon Or.
Meaning:
The upper half is alluding to the location in the mountains of the northern Palatinate with its riches of forests. Castle and the canting falcon are alluding to the name giving Counts of Falkenstein, who ruled the area until 1667.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 14 February 1984. The arms were approved on 29 March 1977.
Jörg Majewski, 16 Apr 2010
![[Gonbach municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-06-go.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Apr 2010
The flag is quartered of yellow and red with centred arms.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 17 Apr 2010
![[Gonbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-06-go_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 17 Apr 2010
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider,
The banner is off-centred quartered of yellow and red with arms shifted to top.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 17 Apr 2010
Shield quartered; 1st quarter barry of three of Azure, Argent charged with a weaver´s shuttle Gules, and Gules; 2nd quarter Argent a squirrel couchant Gules holding an acorn Or; 3rd quarter Or; 4th quarter Azure; both together charged with a 6-point star in counterchanged tinctures.
Meaning:
The 1st quarter displays the arms of the Lords of Flersheim, the additional shuttle is a symbol for the weaving industry in the village in the 1st half of the 19th century. The squirrel is taken from the arms of the Cistercian Otterberg Abbey, which had many possessions in the area before the Protestant Reformation. The lower half shows the arms of the Lords von Wieser, the last locals rulers of the village.
Source: Debus 1988
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 17 April 1990. The arms were approved on 18 May 1983
Jörg Majewski, 17 Apr 2010
![[Höringen municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-06-hg.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Apr 2010
It is a white-green-white horizontal triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and centred arms in the central stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 18 Apr 2010
![[Höringen municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-06-hg_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 18 Apr 2010
It is a white-green-white vertical triband with ratio of stripes 1:3:1 and arms shifted to top in the central stripe.
Source: State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 18 Apr 2010
Shield Argent, on a mount issuant Vert a stag passant Gules in front of three firs Vert.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 30 October 1995.
Jörg Majewski, 18 Apr 2010
![[Imsbach municipal flag]](../images/d/de-do-06-ib.gif)
2:3 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Apr 2010
It is a white-green horizontal bicolour with centred arms.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 19 Apr 2010
![[Imsbach municipal banner]](../images/d/de-do-06-ib_.gif)
5:2 image by Jörg Majewski, 19 Apr 2010
It is a white-green vertical bicolour with arms shifted to top.
Sources: Debus 1988 and State Archive Speyer in Klaus Günther:"Kommunalflaggen von Rheinland-Pfalz", CD
Jörg Majewski, 19 Apr 2010
Shield parted per fess, above Azure a 6-spokes wheel Argent, beneath Azure a fess wavy Vert.
Meaning:
The fess wavy is a representation of the name giving creek. The wheel is taken from the arms of the Lords of Falkenstein, the former local rulers, a branch of the Lords of Bolanden.
Source: German WIKIPEDIA
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 Apr 2023
Flag and banner were approved on 19 November 1985.
Jörg Majewski, 19 Apr 2010
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